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by WayWeGo
Thu Mar 30, 2017 12:11 pm
Forum: Trojan Boats Forum
Topic: Bilge pumps...where to install
Replies: 14
Views: 6787

Re: Bilge pumps...where to install

Now how about switches Built in automatic or the external float. Is one more trouble free/reliable than the other The one that I kept coming back to for reliability was: http://www.tefgel.com/contain.php?param=pumpswitch_price. You can sometimes find better prices for it from industrial suppliers t...
by WayWeGo
Wed Mar 29, 2017 6:29 pm
Forum: Trojan Boats Forum
Topic: Trojan 10 Meter Express purchase. Advice ??
Replies: 18
Views: 11526

Re: Trojan 10 Meter Express purchase. Advice ??

We used to boat in your area when we had a trailer boat, but the Trojan is off the Rhode River south of Annapolis. We spent many a day anchored in Matawoman Bay.

I shudder to think how much it would cost to run down to the mouth of the Potomac and then back up to Occoquan! :shock:
by WayWeGo
Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:37 pm
Forum: Trojan Boats Forum
Topic: Bilge pumps...where to install
Replies: 14
Views: 6787

Re: Bilge pumps...where to install

Well, the smaller bilge pump thinking may not be entirely true. Almost all bilge pump float switches start at 2" of water and stop at 3/4". Yes, you could run the pump until it is below the strainer level, but the water in the tube will still backflow to the bilge. The very best pump I ha...
by WayWeGo
Tue Mar 28, 2017 11:30 pm
Forum: Trojan Boats Forum
Topic: Bilge pumps...where to install
Replies: 14
Views: 6787

Re: Bilge pumps...where to install

Do any of you have a diaphragm pump in use? That seems like an interesting choice for the pump draining the lowest location in a boat, especially with GFO packing, since it would allow getting more of the water out of the bilge or keel and allow you to have a very dry bilge. The downside is cost and...
by WayWeGo
Tue Mar 28, 2017 1:34 pm
Forum: Trojan Boats Forum
Topic: Trojan 10 Meter Express purchase. Advice ??
Replies: 18
Views: 11526

Re: Trojan 10 Meter Express purchase. Advice ??

low944, you seem to be just down the road from us. Where do you have your boat slipped?
by WayWeGo
Tue Mar 28, 2017 1:15 pm
Forum: Trojan Boats Forum
Topic: Your opinions, what IS this boat? Year/length/hull?
Replies: 46
Views: 33173

Re: Your opinions, what IS this boat? Year/length/hull?

She's a real beauty, inside and out!
by WayWeGo
Tue Mar 28, 2017 1:00 pm
Forum: Trojan Boats Forum
Topic: Micron CSC issues with underwater metals and wood
Replies: 4
Views: 2483

Re: Micron CSC issues with underwater metals and wood

I am currently experimenting with the Rustoleum zinc paint. As prowlersfish mentioned, it appears to be virtually identical to Petit's Prop Coat Barnacle Barrier at 1/3 the price. Last spring, I put it on my props and shafts except where the zincs are and the boat has been in the water since then. U...
by WayWeGo
Tue Mar 28, 2017 12:45 pm
Forum: Trojan Boats Forum
Topic: Oil & Water Restoration Thread
Replies: 95
Views: 40107

Re: Oil & Water Restoration Thread

We have a 30A shore power connection on each side of the cockpit in identical locations. Since we bring both power cords in on the starboard side at our slip, we end up with one of the cords running along the cockpit floor under the sliding door. That will be addressed along with a galvanic isolator...
by WayWeGo
Mon Mar 27, 2017 8:50 pm
Forum: Trojan Boats Forum
Topic: Trim Tabs - stainless or aluminum?
Replies: 3
Views: 1586

Re: Trim Tabs - stainless or aluminum?

Mine are stainless, though they were painted with bottom paint when I got the boat.
by WayWeGo
Mon Mar 27, 2017 8:39 pm
Forum: Trojan Boats Forum
Topic: Oil & Water Restoration Thread
Replies: 95
Views: 40107

Re: Oil & Water Restoration Thread

Our F36 has Romex on all the distribution circuits and I suspect it is original. Everything I can see up to the mains is wired with stranded, but that is about all. We actually have two metal panel boxes with Masonite covers on ours: AC Panel.jpg Like oilandwater, a new distribution panel and wiring...
by WayWeGo
Sun Mar 26, 2017 10:33 pm
Forum: Trojan Boats Forum
Topic: Oil & Water Restoration Thread
Replies: 95
Views: 40107

Re: Oil & Water Restoration Thread

The port inboard stringer is soft about a foot forward of the transom. It looks like the board securing the rudder post allowed leakage into the inner wood and the rest was history. I would imagine there is a large amount of force exerted on that area due to rudder movement. One of my tasks this sp...
by WayWeGo
Sun Mar 26, 2017 6:41 pm
Forum: Trojan Boats Forum
Topic: Project "Tri Fly"
Replies: 196
Views: 111259

Re: Project "Tri Fly"

will soon be homeless for the summer if I don't get the boat in the water in a couple months Now that is real incentive! I promised our family that we would do a week long trip on the Bay this summer as a graduation present for our girls who are four years apart. When one graduated from 8th grade a...
by WayWeGo
Sun Mar 26, 2017 2:30 pm
Forum: Trojan Boats Forum
Topic: sea cock rebuild?
Replies: 1
Views: 1326

Re: sea cock rebuild?

That depends on which one you have. Can you post a picture?
by WayWeGo
Sun Mar 26, 2017 1:53 pm
Forum: Trojan Boats Forum
Topic: Oil & Water Restoration Thread
Replies: 95
Views: 40107

Re: Oil & Water Restoration Thread

Looks like you are moving right along! The genset appears to be fairly new and in good shape. That is a big plus. I am curious about which of the stringers needs repair. The port outboard one looks to be rough in the area where the backer board for the strut is. On our boat, it is the port inboard s...
by WayWeGo
Sat Mar 25, 2017 1:06 pm
Forum: Trojan Boats Forum
Topic: Depth and 360 degree imaging below surface F36 tricabin
Replies: 25
Views: 11489

Re: Depth and 360 degree imaging below surface F36 tricabin

I suspect that forward looking sonar that will give you an accurate return 1,000' ahead of your boat in shallow water is not likely to happen anytime soon. There would be too much scatter in the signal that would get reflected back and make resolving targets very difficult. On the other hand, the fo...